For forty years Walter was a contributor to the anarchist press, principally
Freedom
and its companion periodicals
Anarchy
and
The Raven
. He was active in many groups including the "Spies for Peace" and the Rationalist Press Association, editing
The New Humanist
. This volume selects from his extensive writings on anarchist history and theory. This book presents a history of anarchism, reaching from its prehistory in the American Revolution to the work of Murray Bookchin and Colin Ward.
The Anarchist Past
is edited and introduced by David Goodway.